think-stepback

name	think-stepback
description	Step-Back reasoning — abstract to general principles, then apply back to the specific problem. Use when stuck or when the solution is not obvious from the specifics.
allowed-tools	Read, Bash

Step-Back

Start Session

Before beginning, register this think session:

# Check for active session
if [[ -f /tmp/.claude-think-session ]]; then cat /tmp/.claude-think-session; fi

If another session is active, ask the user to finish or abandon it first. Otherwise:

echo "step-back" > /tmp/.claude-think-session

Work Through Stages

Read the strategy definition and follow its stages in order:

cat ~/.claude/hooks/ways/meta/think/strategies/step-back.md

Work through each numbered stage sequentially. Do not skip stages. Present your work for each stage before moving to the next.

Complete Session

After the final stage, clean up so the think way can fire again:

rm -f /tmp/.claude-think-session /tmp/.claude-way-meta-think-*"${CLAUDE_SESSION_ID:+-$CLAUDE_SESSION_ID}" 2>/dev/null